Kottke.org:
Ikea products have long been available on Amazon from 3rd-party resellers, but now Ikea is officially selling hundreds of their products on Amazon. Among the items that caught my eye are the iconic blue Frakta bags, the best kids’ drinking glasses ever made (we have dozens of these…love them), a kids’ foot stool, the Swedish meatball sauce packs, and those ubiquitous Glimma tea lights. Also, lots of rugs, picture frames, candles, bedding materials, and many of the other things that are good to stock up on.
Go to amazon.com and do a search for the word Ikea.
This seems like a huge step for Ikea and a win for Amazon.
UPDATE: Jason updated his page, calling into question his original take. But take a look at this particular link. Note that the seller is listed as IKEA and that IKEA is a link. This seems different than all the third party IKEA product resellers. Disagree?
UPDATE2: And it turns out that that IKEA link is just a link to group IKEA products, but they are all sold by third party sellers. The update from Jason’s site:
I am an idiot. All this Ikea stuff on Amazon is from resellers…the same stuff that’s been available for years on the site. (Same deal with all the Muji items on Amazon.) I mean, they are still genuine Ikea products and some of it isn’t even available from Ikea’s online store. Anyway, not such a huge deal. I was wondering why Ikea would be adopting such a if-you-can’t-beat-‘em-join-‘em attitude towards Amazon; turns out they’re still just trying to beat ‘em.
Feh. But thanks to all the commenters and Twitter folks for steering me straight.
These items are actually being sold by third parties, not Ikea. It’s been like that for a while. It’s one of the shady things Amazon allows.
I believe this is a change. IKEA is now a seller on Amazon. For example, check out this link:
https://www.amazon.com/Ikea-901-491-48-Frakta-Storage-Blue/dp/B00MJC4U08/
Note that the IKEA name is a link. This is also available from 3rd party sellers, but now from IKEA as well. A big step.
Yea!
Now, if they would put all the “pieces parts” on Amazon that would be fabulous.
No one wants to drive 30 miles to IKEA for a single TYDA cabinet pull.
The IKEA name being a link doesn’t mean what you think it does. If you search for “Bounty Paper Towels” on Amazon, “Bounty” will be a link. That’s just Amazon being helpful and making it easier for you to search for stuff and spend more money.
The original article that you linked to was updated with the original poster calling himself an idiot for not realizing this isn’t what he said it was. You should update your post.
And you are correct. Post updated. Thanks for keeping me straight!
Right above the price it says “Sold by KMA Imports and Fulfilled by Amazon.” They all say something like that. That’s not to say Ikea won’t sell thru Amazon, but they aren’t doing it yet.
Oh no! I can’t order things that will fall apart the week after I “assemble” them?
The horror!
We’ve ordered a few things directly from IKEA. They deliver.
You’re assembling it wrong.